A removal from the geographical jurisdiction will not, in this case, release the individual from personal jurisdiction.

The allegiance of a member to his lodge is indefeasible.
2.

A lodge exercises penal jurisdiction over all unaffiliated Masons, living within its geographical jurisdiction.

An unaffiliated Mason cannot release himself from his responsibilities to the Order.

And if, by immoral or disgraceful conduct, he violates the regulations of the Order, or tends to injure its reputation in the estimation of the community, he is amenable to the lodge nearest to his place of residence, whether this residence be temporary or permanent, and may be reprimanded, suspended, or expelled.
This doctrine is founded on the wholesome reason, that as a lodge is the guardian of the purity and safety of the institution, within its own jurisdiction, it must, to exercise this guardianship with success, be invested with the power of correcting every evil that occurs within its precincts.